CITES SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
CONCLUDE
3-13 July 2006 | Lima, PeruThe Plants
and Animals Committees of the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species (CITES) have concluded after meeting
throughout early to mid-July. The 16th meeting of the CITES
Plants Committee agreed not to subject bigleaf mahogany to a
review of significant trade at this stage and also discussed a
proposal on timber export quotas to be presented at CITES COP-14
in June 2007. The 22nd meeting of the Animals Committee dealt
with species including sea cucumbers, sharks and the definition
of fossil corals.
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